Adamantine Sealing Chains

"Despicable scumbag, I'll tie you up first!"

Seeing that a certain despicable scumbag actually planned to tie her up, Uzumaki Kushina angrily sparked her Adamantine Sealing Chains and shot them forward, preparing to bind and hang him up first.

However, Tamura Hiroshi raised his hand to grab the incoming Adamantine Sealing Chains, ignored the sealing power upon them, and gave a hard yank, pulling the girl's body right over to his side. He then produced the Sword of the Thunder God and delivered a round of electrotherapy to her.

This was an ability he had discovered earlier during combat. Previously, a genjutsu ninja had cast illusions on him, but it had amounted to nothing.

The essence of genjutsu was a method of interfering with the opponent's five senses using chakra to plunge them into hallucinations, while the method of dispelling it was to disrupt one's own chakra flow, so the foundation still lay within chakra.

At that time, he understood many issues. Chakra was much like a computer system, where someone with higher privileges possessed greater abilities and power, and the bloodline and bloodline limit privileges of the Otsutsuki were undoubtedly of the highest tier.

Therefore, the Sharingan's genjutsu could influence many people, to the extent that powerhouses like the Fourth Raikage were taken down by Madara Uchiha with a single glance, and the Fourth Mizukage was controlled by Uchiha Obito for a long period.

Yet his own chakra was different. With the help of his Golden Finger, he had eradicated all chakra imprints, turning it into the purest form of chakra; naturally, it remained unaffected by the chakra system of the Ninja World.

It was much like how the imperial sword of a previous dynasty could not be used to execute officials of the present dynasty.

The Adamantine Sealing Chains of the Uzumaki clan were much the same; their essence still relied on bloodline power originating from the Ten-Tails and Otsutsuki to suppress other people's chakra.

Tamura Hiroshi's chakra did not belong to the same system as them, so naturally, it would not be suppressed, which was why he dared to catch Uzumaki Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains with his bare hands.

Of course, the main reason he could be this bold was that Uzumaki Kushina currently only sparked a single Adamantine Sealing Chain, and her control over it was quite unskillful; the speed was too slow, and it lacked flexibility.

Had it reached the degree of binding the Nine-Tails during the future Nine-Tails' attack, he definitely would have flashed away and run for his life at the first instance.

He could only immunity the interference and sealing abilities of the Adamantine Sealing Chains against chakra, but he could not snap the chains themselves; once entangled and bound like a rice dumpling, things would turn tragic.

Meanwhile, the electrocuted Uzumaki Kushina had all her red hair standing on end, her pretty body continuously twitching, and drool even flowing out.

"Alright, alright, stop bickering with a little girl!"

Dodai could no longer bear to watch, walking over to pick up the girl and set her down.

"Despicable scumbag, why aren't you afraid of my Adamantine Sealing Chains?"

After regaining her breath for a long while, Uzumaki Kushina glared angrily at the certain someone, her heart filled with even greater puzzlement.

It was her first time seeing someone who wasn't afraid of the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and furthermore, this person possessed her great-aunt's ability, just like the kind her grandfather had spoken of.

"The Adamantine Sealing Chains are very strong, but unfortunately, you're too weak. As long as one's chakra control is powerful enough, one can manipulate it to a certain extent."

Tamura Hiroshi fabricated an explanation, claiming that it was because Tamura's chakra control was high enough that he could mobilize a portion of the chakra to give her some electrotherapy.

"Little girl, he is a bad guy, but we are not. In the future, the Uzumaki clan will even migrate to our Kumogakure, and by then we'll be one big family.

Now, tell us about that ability of your great-aunt's."

Dodai unhesitatingly slapped the label of bad guy onto the certain someone, wanting to glean more intelligence regarding that ability from the little girl's mouth.

As for the great-aunt the girl mentioned, he knew who she was—none other than the First Hokage's wife, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

That kid had obtained this ability from the Nine-Tails Chakra acquired from the corpses of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and since the First Hokage's wife, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, possessed that ability as well, it made it all the more important to take this seriously.

"You're all bad guys, I'm not talking to you!"

Uzumaki Kushina didn't fall for this trick at all; she glared at the certain someone before walking away in a huff.

Though her freedom was restricted, she could still move around within a certain radius.

"The little girl is angry, huh!"

Dodai chuckled, then motioned to the three of them before heading toward a nearby tent.

Once the three of them entered, Dodai looked solemnly at Tamura Hiroshi.

"I'm giving you a mission. Use the Transformation Jutsu to turn into A's appearance and go contact our people, note down those harboring malicious intentions, and come back to tell me."

This Good-Evil Perception ability was extremely useful and could effectively distinguish friend from foe.

"A spy?"

Yozuki A understood, his expression turning grave as he knew Dodai was referring to spies.

The core of ninja warfare was intelligence warfare, and the core of intelligence warfare was spies. Various types of spies inevitably existed within the village; some were planted by opponents, some were bought off, or others were controlled by having their weaknesses exploited, making them very difficult to tell apart.

"Not just spies!"

Speaking with a pointed tone, Dodai knew that certain problems, and even hidden dangers, persisted within the village.

Granted, compared to the other Four Great Shinobi Villages, their Kumogakure was already much better off, especially after the Third Raikage wiped out the faction of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, leaving the village much cleaner, yet some hidden perils remained.

If those could be ferreted out and brought under control or eradicated, it would prove highly beneficial to the village's development, preventing them from being backstabbed by their own people on some future day.

And then there were those spies; there was no need to ferret them out and slaughter them. A spy who had been exposed no longer posed a threat, and could even be utilized in reverse.

"I understand!"

Tamura Hiroshi acknowledged, then carefully observed Yozuki A, taking in every scar and speck of dust on his body before executing the Transformation Jutsu based on that to turn into the other man's likeness.

Though his Chakra Quantity was rather pitiful, his mastery of the Basic Three Jutsu was not bad at all, and owing to his improved chakra control, he performed it even more perfectly.

Yozuki A also formed hand seals to cast the Transformation Jutsu, transforming into the appearance of an ANBU ninja so he could accompany him afterwards.

Even if they walked together, it would be difficult for ninjas with sensory abilities to tell them apart, allowing them to better disguise and conceal themselves.

"Don't Uzushio Hidden Village need our support?"

Fukai asked a question, as the battle over there shouldn't have been easy.

"That is a war belonging to Uzushio Hidden Village, and furthermore, at this stage, their combat objectives partially conflict with our existence, making it inconvenient for us to intervene."

Shaking his head, Dodai had no intention of interfering in the war over there, nor did the Uzumaki clan want them to go over right now.

Besides, they still bore a mission far more crucial to the Uzumaki clan: protecting that portion of the evacuated Uzumaki clan members.

It could be said that they were the confidence that allowed the Uzumaki clan to wage war with peace of mind; even if things went under over there, the Uzumaki clan could still be passed down without facing extinction.

"What about my old man's side?"

Yozuki A felt some concern, as Konoha was not easy to deal with.

"The Third should be fighting quite hard right now; after all, he isn't good at acting."

Dodai chuckled instead. Although the previous battle with the Kirigakure Ninja Army had caused the Third to consume a fair amount of chakra, given the Third's foundation, it wasn't a major issue.

He could still suppress trash like Shimura Danzō, but at this juncture, he couldn't appear too formidable; he had to rely on the Uzumaki clan's help to wipe out those people.

Otherwise, the upcoming Great Ninja War might just see the Four Great Shinobi Villages jointly besiege their Kumogakure.

They had already gained plenty in this battle for Kumogakure; displaying excessive strength would only make the other shinobi villages envious and wary.

Yozuki A came to a realization and let out a sigh of relief as well.

Meanwhile, Tamura Hiroshi was praying that Lord Danzo would be reduced to a commander with no subordinates this time around. Only by getting rid of Lord Danzo's current capable underlings would Tamura Hiten have a chance to shine, and it would also prompt Lord Danzo to place greater emphasis on intelligence work and intelligence personnel.

After silently offering a prayer, Tamura Hiroshi transformed into Yozuki A and went to comfort the post-battle ninjas in his capacity as the Raikage's Son. The vast majority of them fell into the category of harboring good intentions, with only a tiny fraction harboring malice.

Tamura Hiroshi noted down those individuals, made a rough categorization based on the intensity of their malice, and subsequently informed Dodai.

The matters that followed no longer required his intervention, as Dodai would make the proper arrangements.